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Campanelle "Little Bells" or Gigli "Lily" Pasta Ideas

Campanelle is a pasta shaped like a cone with a ruffled edge. It is Italian for "bellflowers” or
"little bells" due to its shape like a bell or bell-shaped flower. This pasta shape
is also referred to as gigli which means lily. Campanelle is intended
to be served with heavier sauces or in a casserole.

It is part of tradition in
Christian art to use lilies as a symbol of purity when portraying Our Lady or
the Saints and even Angels. The lily is an emblem of purity and chastity. It is the flower the medievals found to best symbolize the purity
of Mary, and was admired as
a flower of purity since the time of the Ancients. By the 14th century,
it became common to find the lily in Annunciation paintings and
illuminations, with either St. Gabriel
holding it on in a vase between them.There
are numerous saints depicted with a lily or a bell which would be fitting for a
campanelle pasta meal idea on feast days. This week we happen to have a prominent lily associated saint - St. Kateri, the Lily of the Mohawks. But it is a good year round option due to the many saints associated and depicted with lilies as well as all the Marian feasts.

St. Anthony the Hermit - January 17
St. Agnes - January 21
St. Casimir - March 4
St. Joseph - March 19
Feast of the Annunciation - March 25
St. Agnes of Montepulciano - April 20
St. Catherine of Siena - April 29
St. Anthony of Padua - June 13
St. Aloysius Gonzaga - June 21
St. Maria Goretti - July 6
St. Kateri Tekakwitha - July 14
St. Dominic - August 8
St. Philomena - August 11
St. Gabriel the Archangel - September 29

We give thee thanks, almighty God, for all your benefits, who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen.

May the Lord grant us His peace. And life everlasting. Amen.

Alternate conclusion:And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

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